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APPENDIX. — PULGORIDtE. 



ochraceous aiuiiilated witli black; tegiuina fuscous with paler 

 suffusions, especially near base and on apical area, the granules 

 distinctly darker ; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length ind. tegui. 5 niillim. 



Hab. South India ; Kodaikanal (2'. V. Camphell). 



Genus AKILAS, nor. 



Type, A. fasctatus, Dist. 



Distribution. South India. 



Vertex ot' head slightly longer than broad, distinctly ]")ruduc.ed 

 in front of eyes, the lateral and posterior margins distinctly 

 ridged ; face narrow, much longer than broad, centrally and 

 laterally carinate, its anterior margin truncate, considerably com- 

 pressed between eyes ; clypeus less than half the length of face, 

 centrally carinate ; antenna; with the first and second joints 

 robust, second nnich longer than first; pronotum about as long as 

 vertex, truncate between eyes, lateral margins oblique, basal 

 margin irregularly concave ; mesonotum almost as long as head 

 and pronotum together, the posterior margins obliquely concave ; 

 legs long, especially the posterior tibiae which possess two short 

 fine spines, one near base the other near middle, and a long robust 

 apical spur which is inwardly serrated ; tegraina considerably 

 narrower at base than at a])ex, four distinct apical marginal cells, 

 apical margins a little oblique and exposing the abdominal apex, 

 laterally obliqtiely depressed on each side. 



3321. Akilas fasciatus, sp. n. 



Above shining black ; vertex, a central fascia to pro- and meso- 

 nota, and the lateral margins to same ochraceous ; face black, a spot 



Fig. 91). — Akilas faacadii,-'. 



at anterior margin, the central carination and lateral margins ochra- 

 ceous ; body beneath imperfectly seen in unique carded type ; 



